Where does “sferojdali” come from?
sferojdali (Maltese) comes from Italian sferoidale, from Italian sferoide, from Italian sfera, from Late Latin sphera, from Latin sphaera, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα, from Ancient Greek -ειδής, from Ancient Greek -ής — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
sferojdali (Maltese): spheroidal
Definitions
- spheroidal
Ancestry of “sferojdali”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | sferoidale | spheroidal |
| 2 | Italian | sferoide | spheroid |
| 3 | Italian | sfera | sphere, ball, globe; scope, range |
| 4 | Late Latin | sphera | Alternative form of sphaera |
| 5 | Latin | sphaera | ball, globe, sphere; a globe of the heavens; a... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σφαῖρα | ball, globe, sphere |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ειδής | like, connected to, from the nature of, full of;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |